Data from the publication: Linking reported drought impacts with drought indices, water scarcity and aridity: the case of Kenya

This dataset have been used to assess the relation between reported drought impacts, drought indices, water scarcity, and aridity across several counties in Kenya. We have collected monthly county-specific drought impact data from county-specific bulletins (County Early Warning Bulletins) of the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) in Kenya. The following drought impact categories were considered: pasture, livestock deaths, milk production, crop losses, food insecurity, trekking distance for water, and malnutrition. Only days with drought impacts are considered in this datafile. In addition, the datafile contains information about several drought indicators (SPI, SPEI, SSMI and SSI), water scarcity information (Classification) and Drought_phase and Rainfall information (according to the NDMA).

本数据集旨在评估肯尼亚多个县域内报告的干旱影响、干旱指数、水资源短缺与干旱程度之间的关联。我们从肯尼亚国家干旱管理局（National Drought Management Authority, NDMA）发布的县域早期预警公告（County Early Warning Bulletins）中，采集了按月统计的县域特异性干旱影响数据。本次研究纳入的干旱影响类别包括：草场状况、牲畜死亡、奶类产量、作物损失、粮食不安全状况、取水跋涉距离以及营养不良情况。本数据文件仅收录存在干旱影响的日期相关记录。此外，本数据文件还涵盖多项干旱指标（SPI、SPEI、SSMI及SSI）、水资源短缺分级信息、干旱阶段（Drought_phase）以及依据肯尼亚国家干旱管理局标准统计的降雨数据。